oh yeah definitely but i think the combination definitely is what caused the huge outrage. if it was just the current story without the representation it probably would've blown over quick. and if it had the representation without the story it had it probably would've blown over quick too. but with both it spawned the whole yhear long hate campaign and massive review bombing when it first came out, in my opinion at least.

i forgot to mention the leaks as well. i think the leaks that came out like a few months before release probably conrtibuted to the outrage too